Buy social
Accounts for local businesses that want their spending to pay for jobs.
What businesses buy
Ordinary things your company buys anyway, from a supplier whose profits pay for jobs.
Office catering
Lunch platters, meeting snacks and event buffets for 10 to 120 people.
From $6.50 a head
Fleet bike servicing
A monthly visit to service your staff or delivery bikes on site.
From $60 a month
Printing
Posters, leaflets, branded totes and T-shirts for events and teams.
Quotes in a day
Meeting rooms
The hall and the meeting room for away days, with catering.
From $18 an hour
Example prices. Monthly invoice with a note of the wages your orders paid for.
What we run
Three small businesses under one roof. Each one charges a fair local price, pays at least the real living wage and trains people on paid placements.
Brickfield Canteen
Breakfast, soup and toasties, a weekly special and office catering for 10 to 120 people.
Mon–Fri 8:00–15:00, Sat 9:00–14:00
Brickfield Canteen
Of every $10 spent here (sample)
Where it goes
Wages4.60
Food and drink2.80
Rent and power1.40
Traineeship fund1.20
Bike workshop
Repairs while you work, full services, refurbished bikes and Saturday fix-it sessions.
Tue–Sat 8:30–17:30
Bike workshop
Of every $10 spent here (sample)
Where it goes
Wages5.70
Parts2.10
Rent and power1.10
Traineeship fund1.10
Print room
Posters, leaflets, T-shirts and tote bags, screen-printed and risograph-printed by hand from 25 copies.
Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00
Print room
Of every $10 spent here (sample)
Where it goes
Wages4.90
Ink and paper2.60
Rent and power1.30
Traineeship fund1.20
Order, book or send a job
Tell us what you need and the right venture replies, usually within one working day (sample).